Jeb Bush running for president in 2016 – former White House communications director

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is running for the presidency in 2016, the former communications director for George W. Bush told an entertainment news show called ‘The Insider’. However, Jeb Bush’s office maintained that no decision has yet been made.

Nicole Wallace, who served as the White House Communications
Director under George W. Bush, made the comments while speaking
with The Insider’s Debbie Matenopoulos. The current co-host of
“The View” praised Jeb Bush and said he would seek the 2016
Republican nomination.

“I'm so excited that Jeb Bush is running,” said Wallace,
43. “I worked for him when I was 25. He really sort of shaped
my views of what a conservative can be and is, and the problems
they can solve and how they can solve them differently.”

If Bush decides to officially run, he will join several others
who’ve already tossed their hats into the ring. Tea Party
favorite Ted Cruz, a senator from Texas, has already declared, as
have Sens. Marco Rubio (also from Florida) and Rand Paul (Ky.).

Bush is seen as a moderate Republican who will likely face
opposition from more conservative elements of the party. His
positions on illegal immigration, among other issues, have helped
him make inroads with the party’s establishment wing. He has
offered support for allowing some undocumented immigrants to
remain in the US.

During his term as Florida’s governor, he increased state
government spending in Florida, a position that put him at odds
with the Tea Party Movement that has taken root in the GOP. He
also supports the federal Common Core education standards put in
place by the Obama administration.

Politically, he also disagrees with his Catholic faith,
especially with regards to the use of capital punishment. During
his tenure as governor, Florida executed 21 prisoners, the most
in the state since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.